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Is Rudy Gay Really The Most Interesting Man In The NBA?
In a push to bring Memphis its All-Star Game participant, the Grizzlies have fashioned Rudy Gay as the urban, and urbane, Dos Equis spokesman who "once missed a dunk just to feel what it was like." [Commercial Appeal]....
Last Night's Winner: Blake Griffin's Potential Becomes Kinetic
Last night's Heat-Clips game was noteworthy not for Heat-Clips, but for Heat-Blake Griffin. The best team in basketball against a throwback to a more physical era. So young, so monstrous. He did not disappoint, although he eventually must....
Last Night's Winner: Blake Griffin, Dunking Savior
The All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest participants have been leaked, and it's finally acceptable to get excited. Because Blake Griffin is here to make it relevant again, if only for a single year....
Blake Griffin, Ladies And Gentlemen
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
The Blake Griffin Poster Has Arrived
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Weekend Winner: Blake Griffin's NBA Jam
A lockout could kill the NBA for a while, and to win back America, it'll need a thriller. Not Kobe's silent efficiency, or Dwight's restrained excellence. It'll need video game-spectacular guys like Blake Griffin, who built a poster factory the other night....
Blake Griffin Falls Victim To Shake Weight Menace
Prior to last night's Clippers-Spurs game, Blake Griffin was spotted in the Clips' locker room using a Shake Weight, 2010's funniest piece of exercising equipment. It's funny because things that remind people of penises are funny. You see?...
Apocalypslam Now
Whole world's coming to an end, Mal. So why not pick up a copy of former UFC light-heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin's think-piece on a post-apocalyptic Earth?...
Pantless Man-Bird To Lead William and Mary Into Battle
The nation's second-oldest institution of higher learning is named after a hybrid king and queen, so it's only fitting that their new mascot is a hybrid of .. something. Part bird, part lion, all WTF?...
Oklahoma Freshman "Leavin Skool" To Enter NBA Draft
Tommy Mason-Griffin poetically declared for the draft on Facebook: "its a official dat i am leavin skool....ask me y i aint doin anotha yr yue mite get ignored." Yeah, I think he's gotten all he can from higher education....
Blake Griffin's "Clipper Luck" Continues
Blake Griffin's busted knee is not healing properly. He needs more surgery and will not play at all this season. That is a tremendously unbelievable bummer. [LA Times]...
The Clippering Of Blake Griffin's Career Has Begun
Clippers forward Blake Griffin, the No. 1 overall pick, has fractured his kneecap and could miss up to six weeks. There are easier ways to pay tribute to Danny Manning. [LAT, Midwest Sports Fans]...
You, Too, Can Absorb Blake Griffin's Power
Sports memorabilia blogger Andrew Long certainly thought so. So he met up with Griffin at an organized autograph session and presented him with a delicious sandwich. Griffin graciously signed both halves and then Long devoured one, believing that Blake's lifeforce, transferred via bread, will bestow...
Where Awkward Happens: Reading The Body Language Of NBA Draft Picks
The David Stern handshake is a newly drafted player's baptism into the NBA. It is also, often as not, hilariously awkward. We asked body language maven Patti Wood to analyze some of these moments from yesterday's Draft....
Blake Griffin Is A Clipper
1. Los Angeles Clippers: Blake Griffin, Oklahoma. Okay, so the pick hasn't been announced yet, but it's not exactly a secret....
Clippers To Ruin Blake Griffin's Life
Los Angeles Clippers president Andy Roeser is in loooove with Blake Griffin and since his team won the NBA Draft Lottery, the Oklahoma forward will likely be next to join that house of horrors. He was such a nice boy too. [AP]...
Blake Griffin Heading To NBA
Blake Griffin will get paid for his concussions from now on, thank you very much. (Also, joining him: Chase Budinger and Jodie Meeks.) Repeat after me: No Clippers, No Clippers, No Clippers, No Clippers. [AP]...
Blake Griffin Shows Off His Extra Long Fingers
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....
Tonight's Oklahoma-Kansas Tussle Loses Some Luster
Oklahoma's Blake Griffin, still suffering from a dinged noggin, will not unleash his 22 points and 13.8 rebounds per game average tonight. No! He'll be back eventually! [KUSports]...
Griffin's Status Remains Unclear
Blake Griffin's MRI may have been clean, but he's still feeling the effects of the concussion he suffered last night. His status for tomorrow's clash with Kansas remains undetermined, and that probably won't change until tomorrow evening. [NewsOK]...